Disenchanted and Disgruntled by Michelle Hartman

Titled Disenchanted and Disgruntled, the volume rips the embroidered shroud of fantasy from the stories we tell ourselves to make the world more pleasant and pokes at the moribund, scarred body of reality with an insistence that runs from morbidly funny to heart-wrenchingly perceptive. Michelle Hartman, a widely published and anthologized poet, saw her first book of poetry released this year by Lamar University Press. She was named 2018 Distinguished Alumni of Tarrant County College, where she received a Certificate in Paralegal Studies. She is the former editor of the online journal, Red River Review and holds a BS in Political Science-Pre Law from Texas Wesleyan University. Her chapbooks, There are no Doors, First Night and Doors are available directly from her, and Red Flag Press and Dancing Girl Press. Hartman’s work also appears in multiple journals and anthologies in America and overseas.

A definite change of pace from her first two books, this book is haunting and unforgettable. The Lost Journal of my Second Trip to Purgatory, is a deeply disturbing look at child abuse, this book is a demanding expose of America’s still untreated epidemic. Michelle Hartman’s first four full length books, Disenchanted and Disgruntled, Irony and Irreverence, (from Lamar University Literary Press) The Lost Journal of My Second Trip to Purgatory, and Wanton Disarray, are all available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Disenchanted and Disgruntled by Michelle Hartman